Social Artnetworking Baby Owl Class

What a fantastic painting to do in the winter! 

I had a terrific group of people (11 total) who painted.

They painted this adorable owl with no pattern!!  Totally free hand.

 We had a mother and her 2 daughters,

Another mother with her daughter, and some Friends having fun,

If you'd like to join me-I create events on facebook. Look for me at kcinspired276.

 

Let it Snow Paint Classes

Let it Snow!! 

I had 2 classes in November with this fun design.

Was tons of fun!

The smiling faces says it all!!

 

 Thank you to Social Art-working for such a wonderful design!!

Paint the Day Away Fundraiser-Success!!

The Southern VA Child Advocacy Center provides services for child victims and their non-offending family members as well as educational prevention initiatives for the entire community.  

I was honored to hold a fundraiser for them this month.  We started the day at 10AM painting The Grinch. Such a fun and light hearted painting.

 The afternoon class started at 1PM. We painted the Snowman.

We raised money and had fun -huge success!!

Love Snow Flurries Stencils by Rebecca Baer

I love to paint snow scenes.  The Snow Flurries Stencil by Rebecca Baer really captures the delicacy of the snowflake. 

The 16x20 painting below I had already painted by background and went over the 5.75x5.75 Snow Flurries stencil with white paint pretty heavily.

 "Church in Winter" by Karen Conner

The Snowman below I used the Snow Flurries stencil (size 5.75x5.75) in the background using glazing medium with white paint so you can't see it until the bottom.

 I wanted the bottom design to be darker so I used the glazing medium with the Ultramarine blue paint to stencil the Snow Flurries stencil.  I blended the darker blue into the background.

 This is my last post on Rebecca Baer's design team.  I have so enjoyed using her intricate stencils and especially the brushes!!  I hope you've been inspired to shop with her and find your own stencils to use in your designs!

Thanks so much Rebecca for great DT year!!

Fall Stencil love with Rebecca Baer

Warning!! Picture heavy! Well-just 6 of them!! LOL

I totally LOVE how this card turned out and wanted to share each step with you.

 

 I started with 140lb Strathmore watercolor paper and embossed the sentiment and scarecrow with black embossing powder.  Colored it in with watercolors.

 Did detailing of coloring on the scarecrow.

 I applied DecoArt Texture paste using Rebecca Baer's Moroccan Tile and Vine stencil ST-604b (size 5.75x5.75) and allowed to completely dry.

 To finish, I used faber castell gelatos in red first-blending in with my finger in an oval on the outside of the figure and then brown on top.

 Here's a close up of the stencil pattern!! Gorgeous!!

 I hope you'll go over to Rebecca Baer's website and do some shopping for your own stencils.  They add character and pizazz to every design!!